Comments on: FREETALK Everyman USB Headset for Skype http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/ The technology blog of Neil Thompson Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FREETALK® Everyman USB Headset: The Bloggers Speak Out | Voice on the Web http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 FREETALK® Everyman USB Headset: The Bloggers Speak Out | Voice on the Web Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:16:31 +0000 http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/#comment-1444 [...] Neil Thompson at Spoken Like a Geek provides a brief history of his experience with previous Skype phone handsets and then gets into his feedback: The call quality was excellent both for me and the other party who commented on how much better it was than usual. The headset makes use of what Skype calls super wideband audio which is included in v4 and improves call quality even at low bandwidth. Having your ears covered means that there is no distraction from external noise which obviously also makes things better. [...] [...] Neil Thompson at Spoken Like a Geek provides a brief history of his experience with previous Skype phone handsets and then gets into his feedback: The call quality was excellent both for me and the other party who commented on how much better it was than usual. The headset makes use of what Skype calls super wideband audio which is included in v4 and improves call quality even at low bandwidth. Having your ears covered means that there is no distraction from external noise which obviously also makes things better. [...]

]]> By: Cyberg00se http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 Cyberg00se Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:53:43 +0000 http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/#comment-1402 The same person is going from blog to blog making the same comment, worded slightly differently. Even my very expensive Beyerdynamic and Sennheiser headphones and headsets don't have inset volume control. Sure a mute button may be handy? Sure. Dangerous to not have one? No, not at all. Most decent keyboards these days have volume control on them, something the commenter seems unaware of. In other blog comments on other sites, it becomes clear the poster does not know how to lower the volume on whatever OS they're using. The same person is going from blog to blog making the same comment, worded slightly differently. Even my very expensive Beyerdynamic and Sennheiser headphones and headsets don’t have inset volume control.

Sure a mute button may be handy? Sure. Dangerous to not have one? No, not at all. Most decent keyboards these days have volume control on them, something the commenter seems unaware of. In other blog comments on other sites, it becomes clear the poster does not know how to lower the volume on whatever OS they’re using.

]]> By: YardSale http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 YardSale Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:53:14 +0000 http://www.spokenlikeageek.com/wordpress/2009/08/10/freetalk-everyman-usb-headset-for-skype/#comment-1397 They sure have taken some shortcuts on this one. Feels very cheap and vital things are taken out of it. There is no volume control or mute button, for example. If someone screams in my ear I have to fiddle with the software in order to lower or mute the volume: I might get deaf in the process. I can´t believe a company like Skype has made a mistake as big and dangerous as this. They sure have taken some shortcuts on this one. Feels very cheap and vital things are taken out of it. There is no volume control or mute button, for example. If someone screams in my ear I have to fiddle with the software in order to lower or mute the volume: I might get deaf in the process. I can´t believe a company like Skype has made a mistake as big and dangerous as this.

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